The deck highlights the concerns of people related to cell-towers in India today. The presentation directs people to authentic bodies like DoT which takes care of regulation & other radiation related public concerns. It acts as a guide to all the radiation related issues in India.

1. Radiation Norms
in
India

2. India & Cell-Towers

3. India & Cell-towers
• India has a wide telecom subscription base, subsequently
many cell-phone towers installed
• However, off late many people have been talking about the
radiation emitted by these towers & consequent health
concerns
Some public concerns
exaggerated by Media

4. Result of the concerns...
• Eventually this public concerns lead to the
‘fear’
• Fear leads to inclination towards the some
fake ‘Radiation detection products’
• These products are neither authorized by
Govt. nor standarized by any authentic body
• They are just fake products sold by cleaver
marketeers to fool the public

5. Do you use such products to test
the radiation levels?

6. If yes. Then you probably made a
wrong choice
..... Because, the products are fake & not authorized by
government!
Test conducted by DoT on Anti-Radiation Products
http://www.slideshare.net/theradiationdoc
tor/nesa-radiation-detector-detex-189-
faults-unleashed-by-dot

7. Are these concerns valid?
• The claims are actually rubbish because the there are
radiation exposure limits set by the DoT & its monitoring wing
TERM Cell
• All the cell-towers comply by the radiation limits specified by
DoT & hence the weak EMF cause no harm
• Hence, it zero’s down to fact that the radiation emission is
under permissible limits

8. Then, which source do we trust?
Authentic government body – specially for
radiation measurement
DoTs TERM Cell!

9. TERM Cell
• DoT and the Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring
(TERM) cells are sole authorities responsible for enforcing
norms as well as compliance with respect to cell-phone
towers and EMF (electromagnetic field) radiation levels
• TERM Cells have carried out the testing of radiation levels for
1770 BTSs and found that the radiations levels are in
compliance of ICNIRP prescribed levels in all the tested BTSs

10. About DoT
• Telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an
important tool for socio-economic development for a nation and
hence telecom infrastructure is treated as a crucial factor to realize
the socio-economic objectives in India.
• Accordingly, the Department of Telecom has been formulating
developmental policies for the accelerated growth of the
telecommunication services.
• The Department is also responsible for grant of licenses for various
telecom services like Unified Access Service Internet and VSAT
service.
• The Department is also responsible for frequency management in
the field of radio communication in close coordination with the
international bodies.
• It also enforces wireless regulatory measures by monitoring
wireless transmission of all users in the country.

11. Following are its Public Sector
Units
• Telecoms Engineering Center (TEC)
• Center For Development Of Telemetric ( C- DOT )
• Telecom Enforcement Research
Maintenance( TERM )
• Telecom Regulatory Authority Of INDIA ( TRAI)
• Telecom Dispute Settlement Appelet Treatment
( TDSAT)
• Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL
• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL

12. What does it do?
• DoT does timely R&D on cell-phone towers &
radiations
• The TERM Cell tests up to 10% of new BTS sites
randomly at its discretion.
• Additionally, the BTS sites against which there are
public complaints is also tested by TERM Cell.
• The testing is done as per procedures prescribed by
Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) from time to time.
• Also, before installation of towers, Service Providers
are required to obtain necessary clearances from
concerned Municipal Authorities / local bodies wherever
required.

13. What if the site does not abide to the
norms?
If a site fails to meet the EMR criterion, a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh
shall be levied per BTS per service provider. Service providers
must meet the criterion within one month of the report of
TERM cell in such cases, after which the site will be shut
down.

14. Further Research on Radiations –
Report by Sachin Pilot

15. Further Research on Radiations – Report by
Sachin Pilot
• Further, to examine the effect of EMF Radiation from base stations
and mobile phones, DoT has constituted an Inter-ministerial
committee consisting of officers from DoT, Indian Council of
Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Biotechnology
and Ministry of Environment and Forest.
• Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) in its report has indicated that
most of the laboratory studies were unable to find a direct link
between exposure to radio frequency radiation and health;
• Scientific studies as yet have not been able to confirm a cause-and-
effect relationship between radio frequency radiation and health.
• The effect of emission from cell phone towers is not known yet with
certainty. Further, the committee had also suggested certain
safeguards.

16. What can I do if I have a doubt about radiation
emissions of the cell-tower near me?
TERM Cell is the answer to all questions!
DoT/TERM cell is the single point regulatory
compliance for EMF regulations & EMF related
issues
They will monitor the radiation levels in your area.
And its just a call away!

17. TERM Cell Website
http://202.56.229.46/DOT_EMF/DOT_EMF/Entry.aspx

18. • Lot of people panic when they hear about
radiation & EMF
• Hence, some anti-radiation groups play upon the
panic of people
• Thus, they mislead them into believing that
radiation is emitted beyond certain level & is
harmful
• People should rather trust an authentic & credible
Government body like DoT which works in favor of
common man
Conclusion

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